Railway-tie.



B. H. LIGHT RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-20. 1915.

1,16%,3 Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1%15.

Application filed February 20, 1915. Serial No. 9,576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNETT I-I. LIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Avon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in ties for supportingrailway rails, and the primary object of the invention is to constructties which shall comprise each a pair of I-beams that are pivotally orhingedly connected at the meeting'ends of one of the horizontal portionsof each of said I-beams, the ties being arranged to have their pivotedhinged members alternate so that the pivot or hinge of one tie will bearranged upon the upper face of the said tie and the pivot or hinge ofthe next tie will be arranged upon the lower face of the said tiewhereby a certain and desired amount of resiliency isaii'orded to theties and to the rails supported by the ties, and also whereby theroadbed may be effectively tamped around the ties.

Another object of the invention is to provide ties each comprising twoI-beani sections hinged at their upper or lower faces and to provide thesame with means whereby rails may be secured thereon.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan View of a tie constructed inaccordance with my invention and showing the means for supporting railsthereon, Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an end view looking toward one of the ties.

In the drawing, 1-1 designate two rails of the ordinary construction and2-3 the ties upon which the rails are supported. Each of these tiespreferably comprises a channeled member or I-beam, the upper and lowerportions 4 and 5 respectively being horizontally straight so that theroadbed may be received within the channeled sides. The upper portions lof certain of the ties are formed with loops or butts 6, the same beingarranged at the opposite sides of their connecting member 7, and thesaid loops of one of said sections are adapted to receive a central orintermediate loop 8 of the second or co-acting tie section, while a pin9 passes through the said loops or butts.

One of the sections of the second or intermediate tie, indicated by thenumeral 3 is provided upon its lower flanged portion 5,

at the opposite sides of its connecting member 7 with loops formingbutts 10, while the second section of the tie is centrally provided witha loop or butt 11, the said loops or butts being provided with a pivotalconnection 12.

The flange members a of each of the tie sections 2 and 3 at the oppositesides of its web or connecting member 7 are provided with openingsthrough which pass headed members 13, the heads of said members engagingwith the flanges of the rails 1, while nuts 14 engage with the threadedshank of the said members 13 to retain the same in locked position uponthe ties, as clearly illustrated in the drawing.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

'Iies comprising I-beams including each a pair of sections having theirhorizontal flanges at their meeting ends pivotally connected, said tiesbeing arranged in the roadbed and having their pivots alternate so thatthe pivot of one of the ties will be arranged upon the upper face of thesaid tie and the pivot of the next tie will be arran ed upon the lowerface of the said tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENNETT H. LIGHT.

l Vitnesses:

R. L. MILLER, CHARLES WALLAon Srnrrr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

